Word: testing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current machinery has never been put to a stern test like the one that faced Penn students and administrators last week. Hopefully, Harvard will not wait for a similar crisis to discover the true mettle of its student-athletic department relationship; rather, it should move now to improve this pattern of interaction before Harvard becomes yet another lesson...
...Thomas is another farmer hit hard by PBB. He has destroyed or sold all but three of his cattle, "but even those look like hell," he said. Thomas said he didn't know how much PBB was in his remaining cows because the state only requires them to be tested in they are going to be sold for meat. If he were selling their milk, the state would test the milk in bulk--combining all the milk in the herd and measuring the level...
Pesticides provide other toxic horror stories. The pesticide Phosvel (also known as leptaphose) has been banned from use in the United States, but it was produced here for export from 1971 until 1975, by the Velsicol Corporation. In 1969, Velsicol commissioned a testing group to study Phosvel's danger to humans. The group advised Velsicol not to manufacture Phosvel because of its high toxidity and its adverse effects on test animals. Velsicol ignored the report and began producing the pesticide in 1971, providing no industrial safeguards for its workers. Employees shovelled the pesticide into bags, while clouds of dust containing...
Jimmy Carter took no part in those negotiations, except to consult regularly with Marshall. On Tuesday the President breakfasted with Democratic and Republican leaders from the House and Senate to keep them up to date and also to test their views. All sides favored stronger presidential action, but Carter aides were wary of congressional delays on a step as controversial as seizure of the coal mines...
...highest paying ones. This preference dates back to 1865, when a grateful President Lincoln pressed for a law that would favor those who "have borne the battle." Veterans of any war are entitled to a crucial extra five points on the civil service exam. If disabled vets pass the test, they automatically go to the top of the hiring list no matter how many others have scored higher...